When I hear the word “Fricassee” I am reminded of my mother’s concoction of pipicks, wings, and mini meatballs in a sweet and sour sauce. I would only eat the meatballs served over rice, I never touched the other stuff no matter how my mother pleaded. Fricassee (in its true sense) is something I would never imagine myself cooking.
I have been putting off this recipe until I no longer could. I have a very bad relationship with ground poultry, meaning I don’t use it EVER! I am sure it has happened to everyone. You know, that one time when you were a kid and you tasted something so gross that you can never bring yourself to try it again no matter how many years have past?! You totally know what I am talking about! So even though the Fricassee Sloppy Joe “dressed down” version called for ground chicken, I couldn’t bring myself to use it, I used ground beef instead.
To me, Sloppy Joes means a can of Manwich and hamburger buns. This version was surely a few levels up from that! The ground meat, peppers, onions, garlic, mushrooms, with marinara sauce piled high on a Ciabatta bun was really delicious! These familiar, family friendly flavors were a huge hit with our 6 year old, and we enjoyed too!
Our Family Fricassee p. 171
DRESS IT DOWN Fricassee Sloppy Joes
Note: This blog series, Cooking With Joy, is meant to be a companion to the Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller cookbook. Most of the full recipes are only available in the cookbook.
Do you have the Joy of Kosher cookbook? It is must have.
I would like to have the chicken fricassee recipe. It looks so good.